Since 2016, major publishers have committed to requiring ORCID iDs in the publishing process for their journals, including:
For a complete list, view the signatories of ORCID’s Open Letter.
Publishers use ORCID to clearly link authors and reviewers with their research by embedding ORCID iDs into their publication metadata and displaying them on finished publications.
Typically, a journal publication workflow will follow the steps below:
On submission: The publisher requests permission to interact with the author’s ORCID record and collects data (e.g., affiliation, funding, preprints, datasets) from the record to help populate the submission form.
(Optionally) During peer review: The publisher acknowledges reviewers for their peer review work.
On acceptance: The publisher displays the ORCID iDs within the article and its metadata and adds the publication to the author’s ORCID record, connecting the person with the publication.
(Optionally) On acceptance: The publisher collects co-author and collaborator ORCID iDs and updates their records as well.
Adapted from Journal Articles by ORCID which is in the public domain.
